Joyce takes over Deputy

February 13 2016 - 9:00am

BARNABY Joyce is Australia's new Deputy Prime Minister after being elected unopposed as the Nationals new leader in a late evening meeting in Canberra on Thursday. His elevation, following the resignation of Nationals leader Warren Truss. This sets up a new power dynamic in government between Malcolm Turnbull as a Prime Minister popular in middle Australia and Mr Joyce, highly regarded as an authentic representative of regional Australia.

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